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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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0 v& n3 E6 S) g' N% b4 |By: Mike McIntyre
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. N1 c; ^" {$ r& C5 B3 C! E! L) M9 JUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 8 D/ D/ y7 Q& N. U
" M8 \# C0 }; b9 t9 jPrint Article E-mail Article ShareThisThe seeds for Tim McLean's brutal murder on board a Greyhound bus last week may have been planted when the accused killer, Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba, the Free Press has learned.
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Li, 40, took a seat at the front of the bus beside the woman after getting on board in Brandon. The pair chatted and were even seen smoking cigarettes together during a rest stop.
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As the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.
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It was just moments later that Li allegedly began stabbing McLean repeatedly with a large hunting knife, eventually severing his head, defiling his body and holding police at bay for a couple of hours after passengers scrambled off the bus.
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; w# F0 K; T C9 P% `1 ]McLean's family and friends don't believe Li's change-of-seating was a coincidence. And they question why he was charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder, which indicates planning and premeditation. |, H$ E6 m, p5 \* v
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"I have this unbelievably strong feeling that him sitting beside Stacy had something to do with this," McLean's former girlfriend, Alexandra Storey, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview Monday.' k# a/ H* w$ H- q7 a
8 ]2 ^; L. l' m! D3 \Tim and Stacy had become friends while working together at various western Canadian fairs through North American Midway Entertainment. They were travelling together to Winnipeg -- although seated separately in different areas of the bus -- and had planned to meet up with a mutual friend in the city before all heading back out to British Columbia.1 z! c$ n' E# v# F
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McLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.
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' R& \" ]( K n. C( [ sThey only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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